Horse-collar.



No. 767,102. y PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904. B. F. CHAPMAN. HORSE COLLAR.l

APPLICATION `IILHD JAN. 17, 1003.

NO MODEL.

Patented August 9, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

BENJAMIN F. CHAPMAN, OF WIARTON, CANADA.

HORSE-COLLAR..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,102, dated August 9, 1904.

Application tiled January 17, 1903. Serial No. 139,380. (No model.)

`T a/ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. I-IAPMAN,

j a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at the village of Wiarton, in the county of Bruce and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lisa plan view of a horse-collar embodying the principal features of my invention. Fig'. Qis a plan View of a somewhat lighter collar, showing some different details of construction. Fig. 3 is a view in cross-section on line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. I is a view in cross-section on line 4 4 of Fig. l. v

Referring to the drawings, A A represent the pads of a collar, of suitable material and usual design. Said pads are each secured by rivets, stitching', or other like means to a thin plate B, preferably of sheet metal, curved to conform to the usual figure of a collar. Said plate B is made in two sections and Z2', having longitudinal telescoping engagement with each other, whereby the length of the collar may be altered to suit different animals. rlhe margins b2 for the major portion of the length of the plate are rolled in a familiar manner to form rounded edges or false-wire edges, which are so disposed as to stand away from the pad A, thereby performing the double oflice of stifiening the plate-section and preventing its edges cutting the pad-covering. Near the upper end of the section Z1 the Inargins Z22 are not curled tightly down against the body of the plate, but are bent back parallel to its outer face and a short distance therefrom, so as to form U-shaped guides (See Fig. 3.) Inasmuch as the upper portion of section b is formed with approximately parallel edges these U-shaped guides are parallel also. The upper section of said plate has sliding engagement with the lower section, its margins t* entering' the guides 3 and securing the sections together rigidly against lateral displacement. In order to adjustably secure the two sections longitudinally, a se'- ries of perforations L are provided in the lower plate These perforations, which are screw-threaded, engage the shank of a rein ring O, passing' through the outer or upper section t. A longitudinal slot If is formed near the upper end of the upper section 7)', and a set-screw D, having' screw-threaded engagement with the lower section passes through this slot and clamps the contiguous parts of the sections closely together.

rlhe tugs of the harness are attached to the collar by means of tug-hooks E of any preferred design, which are firmly secured to the outer side of the lower section of the telescoping plates B in such a manner that their point of connection with the tug-eye proper is beyond the body of the pad. tug from chaiing the latter and wearing through its casing. In order to change the vertical position of the tug so that the point of application of its strain on the collar will be approxilinately the same notwithstanding the increase or decrease of length of the latter, a stud-bolt c of considerable length is inserted in this tug-hook E. This bolt is en circled by the tug eyelet or fastener f, and the latter is held against longitudinal movement therein by ferrules e, placed on the bolt above and below the eyelet. Said ferrules may be varied in length, so as to hold the eyelet at any preferred position on the bolt,

thereby allowing the tug strain to bc shifted on the collar to correspond to different lengths thereof.

,A special advantage of this construction of collar is that only so much weight is carried as is necessary to stand the strain. The adjustable sti'liening-plates bear against the en tire outer face of the collar, and their telescoping adjustment permits the latter to be quickly and readily fitted to any animal. Furthermore, the tug may be so positioned thereon as to correspond to this lengthening and shortening, thereby insuring perfect ease and comfort to the animal and eliminating the possibility of shoulder-galls and the like.

I claim as my inventionl. In a horse-collar, a thin metallic plate curved to conform to the desired contour of the collar and formed in sections, the major portion provided with perforations and having its margins rolled to form rounded edges disposed to stand away from the pad, with the rlhis keeps the' IOO upper portions of said margins bent back parallel to the outer face of the plate to form guides, the minor portion of said plate slidinglgT engaged in said guides and having a longitudinal slot in its upper end, a pad secured to said plate, with its edges out of contact with said edges of the plates, a rein-ring having a shank threaded into said perforations, and a set-screw passed through said slot and engaged with the major portion of said plate.

2. A horse-Collar comprising a pair of oppositely-disposed hame-plates of thin metal, each curved to conform to the desired contour of the collar and having a major and a minor portion super-posed one on the other, the major portion or' each plate having its margins rolled to form rounded edges disposed to stand away from the pad, with the upper portion BENJAMIN F. CHAPMAN.

Witnesses:

C. S. FRASER, S. L. BRENNAN. 

